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Kathy K. Griendling

Kathy K. Griendling

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Best Female Scientists
2025

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Best Female Scientists

D-Index
114
Citations
69999
World Ranking
727
National Ranking
439

Biology and Biochemistry

D-Index
115
Citations
71984
World Ranking
774
National Ranking
487

Medicine

D-Index
115
Citations
72090
World Ranking
4444
National Ranking
2422

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2025 - Research.com Best Female Scientists Award

Overview

Kathy K. Griendling is affiliated with Emory University in the United States and has contributed extensively to research in medicine and biochemistry, genetics, and molecular biology. Their research spans several subfields including molecular biology, immunology, neurology, cardiology and cardiovascular medicine, and epidemiology.

Their work covers a variety of main topics such as:

  • Barrier Structure and Function Studies
  • Neurological Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Immune Response and Inflammation
  • Redox biology and oxidative stress
  • Sepsis Diagnosis and Treatment
  • COVID-19 Clinical Research Studies
  • Renin-Angiotensin System Studies

Griendling has published in a number of scientific journals, frequently contributing to:

  • Circulation Research
  • Cardiovascular Research
  • PLoS ONE
  • American Journal of Physiology-Heart and Circulatory Physiology
  • Journal of Clinical and Translational Science

Their recent notable publications include:

  • Oxidative Stress and Hypertension, 2021, Circulation Research
  • The effects of sepsis on endothelium and clinical implications, 2020, Cardiovascular Research
  • Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2, COVID-19, and the Renin-Angiotensin System, 2020, Hypertension
  • VE-cadherin endocytosis controls vascular integrity and patterning during development, 2020, The Journal of Cell Biology
  • An acceleration in hypertension-related mortality for middle-aged and older Americans, 1999-2016: An observational study, 2020, PLoS ONE

Griendling collaborates frequently with several researchers, including:

  • Marina S. Hernandes
  • Bernard Lassègue
  • Hongyan Qu
  • Elena Dolmatova
  • Keke Wang

Best Publications

  • NAD(P)H Oxidase: Role in Cardiovascular Biology and Disease

    Kathy K. Griendling;Dan Sorescu;Masuko Ushio-Fukai

  • Angiotensin II stimulates NADH and NADPH oxidase activity in cultured vascular smooth muscle cells.

    K K Griendling;C A Minieri;J D Ollerenshaw;R W Alexander

  • Angiotensin II-mediated hypertension in the rat increases vascular superoxide production via membrane NADH/NADPH oxidase activation. Contribution to alterations of vasomotor tone.

    S Rajagopalan;S Kurz;T Münzel;M Tarpey

  • Angiotensin II cell signaling: physiological and pathological effects in the cardiovascular system

    Puja K. Mehta;Kathy K. Griendling

  • Cell transformation by the superoxide-generating oxidase Mox1

    Young Ah Suh;Rebecca S. Arnold;Bernard Lassegue;Jing Shi

  • Reactive Oxygen Species in Metabolic and Inflammatory Signaling.

    Steven J. Forrester;Daniel S. Kikuchi;Marina S. Hernandes;Qian Xu

  • Role of oxidative stress in atherosclerosis

    David Harrison;Kathy K Griendling;Ulf Landmesser;Burkhard Hornig

  • Mechanisms Underlying Endothelial Dysfunction in Diabetes Mellitus

    Ulrich Hink;Huige Li;Hanke Mollnau;Mathias Oelze

  • Isolation of a cDNA encoding the vascular type-1 angiotensin II receptor

    T J Murphy;R W Alexander;K K Griendling;M S Runge

  • Reactive Oxygen Species in the Vasculature. Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms

    Yoshihiro Taniyama;Kathy K. Griendling

  • Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Injury Part I: Basic Mechanisms and In Vivo Monitoring of ROS

    Kathy K. Griendling;Garret A. FitzGerald

  • Novel gp91 phox Homologues in Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells : nox1 Mediates Angiotensin II–Induced Superoxide Formation and Redox-Sensitive Signaling Pathways

    Bernard Lassègue;Dan Sorescu;Katalin Szöcs;QiQin Yin

  • Modulation of Protein Kinase Activity and Gene Expression by Reactive Oxygen Species and Their Role in Vascular Physiology and Pathophysiology

    Kathy K. Griendling;Dan Sorescu;Bernard Lassègue;Masuko Ushio-Fukai

  • Superoxide Production and Expression of Nox Family Proteins in Human Atherosclerosis

    Dan Sorescu;Daiana Weiss;Bernard Lassègue;Roza E. Clempus

  • Combating oxidative stress in vascular disease: NADPH oxidases as therapeutic targets

    Grant R. Drummond;Stavros Selemidis;Kathy K. Griendling;Christopher G. Sobey

  • Nox proteins in signal transduction

    David I. Brown;Kathy K. Griendling

  • p22phox is a critical component of the superoxide-generating NADH/NADPH oxidase system and regulates angiotensin II-induced hypertrophy in vascular smooth muscle cells.

    Masuko Ushio-Fukai;A. Maziar Zafari;Toshiki Fukui;Nobukazu Ishizaka

  • Angiotensin II stimulation of NAD(P)H oxidase activity: upstream mediators.

    Puvi N. Seshiah;David S. Weber;Petra Rocic;Liisa Valppu

  • Increased NADH-Oxidase–Mediated Superoxide Production in the Early Stages of Atherosclerosis Evidence for Involvement of the Renin-Angiotensin System

    Ascan Warnholtz;Georg Nickenig;Eberhard Schulz;Roland Macharzina

  • Oxidative Stress and Cardiovascular Injury: Part II: Animal and Human Studies

    Kathy K. Griendling;Garret A. FitzGerald

Frequent Co-Authors

David G. Harrison
David G. Harrison Vanderbilt University
R. Wayne Alexander
R. Wayne Alexander Emory University
Masuko Ushio-Fukai
Masuko Ushio-Fukai Augusta University
Sergey Dikalov
Sergey Dikalov Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Hanjoong Jo
Hanjoong Jo Emory University
Christopher S. Wilcox
Christopher S. Wilcox Georgetown University
J. David Lambeth
J. David Lambeth Emory University
Bradford C. Berk
Bradford C. Berk University of Rochester
Harald H.H.W. Schmidt
Harald H.H.W. Schmidt Maastricht University
Rhian M. Touyz
Rhian M. Touyz McGill University Health Centre

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